On December 13th, 2018 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., the Senior Executives Association and Senior Executives Association Professional Development League will host the 2018 Presidential Rank Awards Leadership Summit, a full-day event offering exceptional educational, mentoring, and networking opportunities for current and aspiring government leaders.

The Summit will feature educational tracks that address the three most pressing areas of concern for Federal career senior leaders, including: Future of Work, Future of Workforce, Future of Workplace.

The conference will also recognize the extraordinary public service of senior career professionals by honoring the 2018 Distinguished and Meritorious recipients of the Presidential Rank Awards. The Presidential Rank Award represents the top award a civilian federal employee can receive, awarded by the President of the United States to the top 1% (Distinguished) and 5% (Meritorious) of federal employees, as nominated by their respective agencies. In 2017, more than 300 Senior Executives were among the event's 500 attendees.

Washington, D.C. – The Senior Executives Association (SEA) today announced the 2017 Presidential Rank Award recipients who will be honored at SEA’s Presidential Rank Awards Leadership Summit, happening TOMORROW, December 7, 2017, at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. The Summit will recognize the extraordinary public service of senior career executives who have received 2016/17 Presidential Rank Awards, which are the nation’s highest civilian career leadership awards.

“It is an honor to recognize this year’s Presidential Rank Award recipients,” said SEA President Bill Valdez. “These recipients have proven themselves to be exemplars of public service excellence and have demonstrated a consistent and lasting dedication to the service and leadership ideals of the Federal government’s career civil service. On behalf of the Senior Executives Association, I am proud to extend heartfelt congratulations to all of the PRA honorees.”

Each year, the President of the United States recognizes a small percentage of the members of the Senior Executive Service (SES) for outstanding achievements in public service, as well as a proportionate number of senior-level and scientific and professional executives. Their documented achievements save the American public billions of dollars annually.

The average agency or project budget size overseen by the 2017 Distinguished PRA winners is $12.8 billion, and they oversee budgets totaling in excess of half a trillion dollars. The average positive economic benefit/efficiency per project headed by a 2017 Distinguished PRA recipient is $9.16 billion and the average 2017 Distinguished PRA winner is individually responsible for nearly half a billion dollars ($458 million) in savings for the Federal government/taxpayers. Total budgetary cost savings secured through the leadership of 2017 Distinguished PRA winners is over $650 billion.

The Presidential Rank Awards Leadership Summit will recognize two categories of honorees: the Distinguished Rank Award, awarded for achieving extraordinary results during an executive’s career, and the Meritorious Rank Award, given for sustained accomplishment.

The 2017 Distinguished Rank Award winners include:

Department of Agriculture

Jere Dick

Department of Commerce

Fiona Alexander

Richard Merrick

Sae Nam

Sivaraj Shyam-Sunder

Department of Energy

Kimberly Lebak

Troy Mueller

Environmental Protection Agency

Gerald Ankley

Department of Health and Human Services

Dara Corrigan

Betsy Humphreys

Elizabeth Richter

James Seligman

Department of Homeland Security

AnnMarie Highsmith

Brenda Smith

Department of Justice

Robert Moossy

Department of the Air Force

Randall Walden

Patricia Young

Department of the Army

Kirby Brown

Elizabeth Fleming

Kathleen Miller

Bruce West

Department of the Navy

Gerald Borsuk

Anne Brennan

Jodi Greene

Bryan Wood

Department of Veterans Affairs

Michael Frueh

Ronald Walters

Robert Worley II

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Dawn Schaible

Kirk Shireman

Joan Singer

National Transportation Safety Board

Dana Schulze

Office of the Secretary of Defense

Richard Burke

John Casciotti

Terry Halvorsen

Theresa Whelan

For more information and the list of Meritorious Rank Award winners, please visit the SEA website.

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The Senior Executives Association (SEA) is a professional association representing Senior Executive Service members and other career federal executives. Founded in 1980, SEA’s goals are to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and productivity of the federal government; to advance the professionalism and advocate the interests of career federal executives; and to enhance public recognition of their contributions. For more information, visit www.seniorexecs.org

The Senior Executives Association (SEA) is the professional association for career members of the Senior Executive Service (SES) and equivalent positions. SEA also represents aspiring leaders (GS-12 to GS-15s) who are part of SEA’s leadership pipeline program.

SEA is not only the voice of career leaders through a strong advocacy program, it empowers senior leaders across government by providing the tools, resources and connections they need to succeed in the 21st Century.

SEA members receive access to research and news, strategic networks, and connections to the good practices across government that they may not receive on the job.

Above all else, SEA is guided by dedication to public service and to helping career Federal leaders better serve the American people. Through membership, SEA members are part of the movement to transform government for the 21st Century and to empower senior leaders to drive change.

What you get

Through strategic connections, insight into cutting-edge practices and resources, career advancement tools, and thought leadership, SEA helps its members build a “Leadership Profession” within the federal government to ensure that the experience of senior career leaders is used in new ways to promote a stronger and more effective government.

SEA membership options are available to career SES and equivalent positions, retired SES and aspiring leaders (GS-12 through GS-15). Click below for information about eligibility and membership categories.